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Atlas of Pathophysiology

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This is a fantastic reference for any medical student. Including nursing students. The pictures are great! I only wish I had found it my furst semester of nursing school. This book helps in explaining the why and the how of a disease. The book is broken down into each system of the body. Easy to read and very helpful. This would make a great gift for anyone who will be attending medical school.

I LOVE this book. Just as the first reviewer, I WISH I had had this book from Semester One of my college career. Beautiful, clear illustrations. Organized, easy to understand text. I'm thrilled to have this book. It's a 'Keeper.'

I used this book in Nursing School, and found it very helpful. When I couldn't really understand the patho of a certain disease I would turn to this book. The pictures and explanations are very straight forward and helped greatly.

I have purchased quite a few books to supplement my textbooks for nursing school. A lot of them sit on my shelf and I don't find the time to pull them out and study them. Not this one.

This book for me, helps me visualize the disease--the pathophysiology that makes one disease different from another. I can just pull it out long enough to read and visualize about most of the disorders we're studying. It is NOT a pathophysiology text--it's not that detailed. It's "this disease in a nutshell."

Each disease has an introductory section, causes, pathophysiology, complications, signs and symptoms, diagnostic test results and treatment. Plus a full page illustration to help visualize what is going on (with some terms and descriptions). There are other sections like "age alert" and "clinical tip".

Just wanted to share, because I have found it a great help and feel it's worth it. I think it cost $60. to buy it through the Lippincott magazine.

This is the easiest to follow, best written pathophysiology book I've ever seen. I wish I had this book in school, I have since lent it to 2 people and both have purchased one for themselves. It is easy to follow, 1 page has the disease process, treatments, and symptoms the opposing page has the diagram, simple enough for the non-medical population to follow!

This book is is a great summary/basic pathophysiology book. It has about 430 pages of disorders usually allotting one page to the pathophysiology and another devoted to an illustration. The illustrations are really great, but the patho part does not contain as much detail as I would like for this type of reference tool. It's a good basic book, but if you need more substance you will have to supplement your work with another reference.

I like this book. It has short descriptions of many illnesses. Pictures are very basic. It is good for someone who has some knowledge of physiology though. I kind of expected it to be a little more detailed but it is ok.

Like so many other reviewers, I wish I'd had this book in mursing school; it's that good. It begins with information on basic cellular function and information on fluids and electrolytes and acid-bace balance. The bulk of the book takes common disorders from each of the systems and explains the pathology easily and simply. The facing page to each disorder is a schematic drawing of the disease in process that helps cement the information into understanding.

However, don't be misled. This is not a pathophysiology textbook. It is an excellent source for visualizing the disease process for many disorders, but it's not a replacement for the minutiae of pathophysiologic study.

This book would have been a wonderful help to me in studying A&P as well as nursing. Now, as a practicing RN, I am certain that this book will be used frequently. I'm probably going to buy a copy to donate to the nurse's station.

I first set eyes on this book at my mother-in-law's house over the Thanksgiving Holiday. I had never taken a Pathophysiology class yet, but with my base Anatomy and Physiology knowledge I understood quite a bit of things that I read. About a month ago I started my Patho class and I ordered this book to replace the horrible one that was required for the class. Atlas of Pathophysiology is organized in such a way that it is very easy to follow and understand. I especially love that it gives a little review of the A&P of the organ system that is affected before it talks about the disease itself. This is the only book I use when I'm doing my case studies, and I've gotten an A on every one so far, so that has to account for something. This is a book I would recommend to anyone in the medical field and one that I think I will referece throughout my entire career as a nurse.

This is an easy to read guide. All the information you'll need: symptoms, cause, treatment, on one side. Great visual on the other. The language isn't too complicated, but having basic knowledge about the subject will help (as basic as college biology/something similar).
I used it to summarize information from my microbiology lecture when my professor wasn't straightforward. Recommended to me by a nurse. I would highly recommend this to anyone looking for an easy reference.